From: "Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@xxxxxxxxx> commit 9b29b6b20376ab64e1b043df6301d8a92378e631 upstream. The current flow expands to: if (crng_ready()) ... else if (...) if (!crng_ready()) ... The second crng_ready() call is redundant, but can't so easily be optimized out by the compiler. This commit simplifies that to: if (crng_ready() ... else if (...) ... Fixes: 560181c27b58 ("random: move initialization functions out of hot pages") Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Cc: Dominik Brodowski <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/char/random.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/drivers/char/random.c +++ b/drivers/char/random.c @@ -842,7 +842,7 @@ int __init random_init(const char *comma if (crng_ready()) crng_reseed(); else if (trust_cpu) - credit_init_bits(arch_bytes * 8); + _credit_init_bits(arch_bytes * 8); return 0; }